Books - "natural history"
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A Pioneer Heritage
Dedicated to the Memory of those Two Distinguished California Pioneers, Count Agustin Haraszthy and Major Henry Hancock
Super octavo hardcover (nr fine) in d/w (VG); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, )complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: Modern reprint of Saturday Night Publishing 1932
KEYWORDS: specials Sam T Clover travel natural history pioneers North South Central America
Nelson Pilgrimage
First edition, octavo hardcover (VG+) in d/w (VG); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: AH & AW Reed 1965
KEYWORDS: specials first edition AH Reed New Zealand Nelson District walking hiking tramping natural history flora fauna travel memoir
Handbook of New Zealand Marine Fishes
Octavo softcover (VG+); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: Reed Publishing 1993
KEYWORDS: specials Larry Paul John Moreland Eric Heath New Zealand natural history marine fish identification habits distribution handbook
Courtship and Allied Behaviour in Penguins
From The Emu vol 44 April 1945 and The Emu vol 45 July 1945
Super octavo, green light card stapled wrappers, 32pp, illus, VG- (cover completely detached, browning to cover edges, 2cm tears to spine extrems, small holes to front fore-edge, two soiling spots to front cover)
PUBLISHER: LE Richdale (?) Dunedin / Brown Prior Anderson printer (?)
KEYWORDS: LE Richdale penguins animal behaviour natural history
Geoecological Research Vol 3: Exploration in the Eastern Himalayas and the River Gorge Country of Southeastern Tibet: Francis (Frank) Kingdon War (1885-1958
An Annotated Bibliography with a Map of the Area of His Expeditions, with a photograph of F Kingdon Ward and a map (1:1 000 000)
Super octavo, green light card covers with white lettering to spine & front cover, iv +frontispiece + 114pp + two large folding maps in pocket to rear, VG+ (v. v. slight bruising to front cover corners)
PUBLISHER: Franz Steiner Verlag 1975
KEYWORDS: Francis Frank Kingdon Ward Ulrich Schweinfurth Heidrun Schweinfurth Marby Eastern Himalayas Southeastern Tibet geology ecology botany natural history exploration bibliography
An Enumeration of the Flowering Plants of Nepal, Volumes One, Two & Three
A Joint Project of the British Museum Natural History and the Univesity of Tokyo
Three-volume set, quarto, blue light card covers with black lettering, 154pp, 220pp, 226pp (vols 1, 2, 3 respectively), VG (light tanning to spines, some fading to covers, a few soiling spots to covers)
PUBLISHER: British Museum Natural History 1978
KEYWORDS: H Hara WT Stearn LHJ Williams AO Chater botany horticulture natural history flowering plants Nepal reference
On the Eaves of the World: Two Volumes
Two-volume set, super octavo, green boards with gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, xii + 311pp, illus + folding map (vol 1), frontispiece + viii + 328pp, illus (vol 2), nr fine
PUBLISHER: Theophrastus 1977 (Reprint of Edward Arnold 1926)
KEYWORDS: Reginald Farrer expedition exploration botany horticulture forestry flora natural history Tibet
George Edward Lodge: The Unpublished New Zealand Bird Paintings
Folio, brown faux leather boards with gilt lettering to blue cloth spine, frontispiece, xiv + 409pp, illus + 89 full-page colour plates, VG+ (light foxing to prelims.), in d/w VG+ (v light creasing to upper edges)
PUBLISHER: Nova Pacifica Publishing 1982
KEYWORDS: George Edward Lodge Charles A Fleming New Zealand ornithology birds paintings art natural history
The Mystery of Animal Migration
Hardcover super octavo (VG) in d/w (VG) ; all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: Contable & Co Ltd 1969
KEYWORDS: specials Matthieu Ricard natural history science animal migration
The Vegetation of Marlborough
Softcover staple bound super octavo (G) ; all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: N/A, undated (inscribed 1943)
KEYWORDS: specials William Martin New Zealand natural history Marlborough
New Zealand Plants and Their Story
Hardcover super octavo (VG) lacks d/w ; all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: W.A.G. Skinner 1927
KEYWORDS: specials L Cockayne New Zealand ecology natural history native plants
Lifeboats to Ararat
first edition Hardcover imperial octavo (VG+) in d/w (VG+) ; all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: Weidenfeld and Nicolson 1979
KEYWORDS: first edition specials Sheldon Campbell natural history zoo conservation species disappearance
Household Gods
New Zealand Cats at Home
Softcover imperial octavo (VG+) ; all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: Hazard Press Limited 1996
KEYWORDS: specials Molly Anderson New Zealand natural history animals cats
London's Natural History
Hardcover super octavo (VG) in d/w (VG-, tatty) ; all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: Collins 1946
KEYWORDS: specials R S R Fitter natural history England London
Estuarine Chemistry
Hardcover imperial octavo (VG+) in d/w (VG) ; all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage costs
PUBLISHER: Academic Press Inc. (London) Ltd., 1976
KEYWORDS: specials J D Burton P S Liss science natural history chemistry estuary
The Black Eagle
Quarto, dark blue cloth boards with silver lettering to spine, illus eps, frontispiece, 279pp, illus, VG+ (slight fading to front board lower corner, slight tanning to page edges, d/w sellotaped to rear board) in d/w, VG+
PUBLISHER: Acord Books / Russel Friedman Books 1990
KEYWORDS: Valerie Gargett black eagle ornithology boards natural history birds of prey Matobo Hills Zimbabwe Verreaux's Eagle Graeme Arnott
The Lying Stones of Marrakech
Penultimate Reflections in Natural History
Hardcover imperial octavo (NF) in d/w (NF) ; all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage cost.
PUBLISHER: Jonathan Cape 2000
KEYWORDS: specials Stephen Jay Gould popular science palaeontology archaeology genetics astronomy collected essays natural history
Australian Zoological Handbook: The Fishes of Australia Part 1: The Sharks, Rays, Devil-Fish, and other Primitive Fishes of Australia and New Zealand
Super octavo, light green cloth boards with black lettering to spine & front board, 280pp, illus, VG- (moderate browning to spine, moderate bruising & fraying to spine extrems & board corners, slight soiling spots to boards and to eps, sellotape residue stains to rear pastedown, crease to feps) Body of book in much better condition than boards & eps)
PUBLISHER: Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales / Whitcombe & Tombs 1940
KEYWORDS: Gilbert Percy Whitley Australia New Zealand fish sharks stingrays ichthyology zoology natural history marine biology
Beautiful Birds of New Zealand
Softcover imperial octavo (VG+) ; all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage cost.
PUBLISHER: Random House New Zealand 2006
KEYWORDS: specials Rod Morris Alison Balance New Zealand wildlife natural history birds guide
Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute 1886 Vol. XIX (Second of New Series)
Super octavo, green light card covers with black lettering to spine & front cover, xix + 656pp, illus, VG (browning to spine, tanning & some nicks to cover edges)
PUBLISHER: Board of Governors of New Zealand Institute 1887
KEYWORDS: James Hector New Zealand Institute zoology natural history biology botany chemistry geology chemistry science philosophy Philosophical Institute